⋯ One of Hezbullah's most famous field commanders Samir Matout

Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Waleed Bukhari, in a threatening tweet: "The amazing Montesquieu's book The Spirit of Laws: Law should be like death that spares no one..."

"There is no diesel at petrol stations around Lebanon, and the owners of buses and vehicles that operate on the substance will not be able to obtain it", according to the head of the Syndicate of Petrol Station Owners, George Brax.

The dollar exchange rate crossed the 21,000 LBP/USD threshold and is currently trading at 21,350 LBP/USD.

Prices of all goods and food sharply increased in the past few weeks.

🚨 The commander of the Galilee formation, Brigadier-General Shlomi Binder, met today at the Lebanese border with a delegation of senators and senior members of the US Congress to brief on Hezbullah's weapons and the crisis in Lebanon.

The delegation included the second-most important Democrat senator on the Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Ben Cardin, and the House Majority Leader, Steny Hoyer, who passed legislation to fund the Iron Dome. (Israeli media)

⋯ Though a positive outcome for Syria in terms of international politics and economy, Syria has to be weary about gulf activities, especially with what happened in 2011-2012.

Another concern is Mossad activity through UAE airports to Syria using foreign passports.

⋯ Seen here, a decade old video of the current UAE MFA that met Assad today abetting Arabs and the world community to topple the regime in Syria.

Though subsidies have been lifted on fuel, importers are still purchasing their USD from the central bank using LBP.

However due to the lack of hard currency at the central bank, the governor is demanding the importers get 10% of their needs in USD. This caused a new crisis, threatening to halt fuel distribution around Lebanon.

This is also leading to more demand of USD in the black market, causing an increase in the exchange rate, which will eventually also cause increase in fuel prices.

With this logic there is also a flaw. Syria never and will never have influence over Hezbullah's leadership's geopolitics or goals.

The short of a decade long war between Hezbullah and Amal, was but an old Syrian attempt to control Hezbullah as a proxy back in the 1980's. twitter.com/WithinSyriaBl…

⋯ This all changed in the 1990's and after 2006 to reach a whole new level after 2013. The relationship transcended from being an attempt to take control to supporting because Syrian politics was benefiting to a partnership that won't be affected by deals with the west or east.

⋯ Syria is expected to forge ties with all, as Iran forged ties with Syria's enemies (e.g. Turkey)

Diplomatic relationship is different than a state's geopolitical long term goals and understanding of its role in the world.

⋯ UAE will work with Syria and Iran, UAE will also work with Israel.

Syria and Iran will work with Hezbullah against Israel, and UAE will stay a life line for the economies of Syria and Iran.

The sword will be held from both sides, but only one will bleed.

⋯ Add to the above aside, Syria is the backbone of the Axis of Resistance and Syria falling (not Bashar Al-Assad as a man himself, but Syria as a system) will turn Hezbullah into Hamas tier, in terms of access to supplies, weapons, and cash. It also means Lebanon falling.

⋯ This is why Iran and Hezbullah invested everything to make sure USA and the gulf doesn't win in Syria. It was not a war they could have chosen to fight or not, it was an existential war forced upon them.

Hezbullah and Iran invested billions and lost many great men to stay alive.

⋯ It was a war USA and the Gulf chose as it didn't have direct impact on them. The results of the war were a gamble where either way they can adapt. Look at UAE in 2011 and in 2021.

⋯ When Iran itself refrains from dictating orders to Hezbullah, consulting Nasrallah himself on the overall strategy in Syria, it makes no sense to assume that deals with Syria will make it dictate or abandon Hezbullah when it could have done so in 2011.

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After a social media attack on the Iranian football team over the number of their bags, the Minister of Interior Bassam Mawlawi, directed a letter to Airport security to open an investigation to find out if their bags were searched or not.